GB Values

Red Shield

The Red shield’s credibility was built over the years through hard work and excellence shown by the Gracie Barra students, athletes and instructors involved in sport Jiu-Jitsu competitions, teaching programs and community work.

Fight Song

Sea of Red

Wearing the red shirt is saying it loudly to the world: I BELIEVE IN GRACIE BARRA.

The Red Shirt seeks to promote a sense of unity among the members of the GB team around the world. It promotes unity, support, equality, identity, philosophy and proud of being part of GB team. Wearing the red shirt is saying: I am part of GB Team.

Founder

Reg Directors

The develop- ment of Gracie Barra’s presence in a new territory starts through the work of a leader. Expansion and movement into different territories or areas usually starts with one school, then eventually spreads out to several other locations as students of the originating school decide to follow in the steps of their mentors.

Senior Ranks

The Gracie Barra Legacy Award was created by Master Carlos Gracie Jr. as recognition for the loyalty, support, commitment, and hard work of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu professors who have been working to build Gracie Barra for 25 years or more.

Professors

The Gracie Barra legacy is one of many champions built by great Professors and Masters. Beyond the Jiu-Jitsu contest arena. Lessons taught by our instructors have impacted positively the lives of hundreds of communities and thousands of people over the years.

Instructors

Gracie Barra Instructors are held responsible to high standards of etiquette, instruction and philosophy set by Master Carlos Gracie Jr. and the Gracie Barra Association. To maintain the integrity and focus on safety in our schools, all of our instructors are certified. Additionally, our instructors are all required to be CPR/Basic First Aid certified.

Athletes

Athletics within Gracie Barra builds community and pride through the engagement of students, staff, parents, and friends, and creates a portal through which everyone can enjoy the GB experience. Successful athletic performance generates a unique excitement across the Gracie Barra Schools and community, help strengthen bonds among the various arms of our organization, build students loyalty in a healthy manner, and give Gracie Barra members yet another reason to be proud to represent the legacy of Master Carlos Gracie Jr. and defend the red shield.

Benefits

Kids: our future. And everyone knows that their development is crucial to a lifetime full of potential; everyone needs to agree that at some point, exposing our young ones to the right things will be beneficial to them in the long run. After all, what we all want is their success.

Sportsmanship teaches kids a lot! Studies show that 86% of successful people, CEOs, businessmen, have had their share of life in sports, either in high school or in college. So what’s with sports that makes people tick?

Sports for one thing has countless benefits. Not only physical benefits. For one thing, physical activity is one of the things that are scientifically proven to promote mental well-being a.k.a. “happiness.”

So what does sportsmanship and sports do to kids? Why expose them to individual sports like BJJ or any other martial arts?

Your Kids Will Need to Learn How to Handle Failure

Life didn’t create anyone perfectly fit for success. At the same time, no one is born to fail. Success relies on mental acuity and stability. Reaction to failure and the ability of a person to recover from it, can, and will spell the difference. Kids need to learn this at a young age.

No. Jiu-Jitsu will not fail our young ones. But, there will be times when they will be on the losing end of a tournament, or will be overwhelmed by stronger kids their age. Be there for them when it happens. Good Parenting + Jiu-Jitsu = strong young ones.

Too Many Apps, Less Children in Playgrounds

Back in the day, kids would go out and hang out with actual kids. We got dirty from playing in the sandbox. We became sweaty and got baked under the sun. We dug up worms. We made mud pies. We did kids stuff. KIDS INTERACTED WITH ACTUAL REAL KIDS.

Today there are too many apps that keep our children distracted. With the help of the internet, they are being limited to purely visual-sensory experiences. The value of interacting with actual kids is lost in the dark realms of the internet. BJJ changes that. Sports changes that! Yes. Your kids will be wearing their gis and actually trying to beat kids (on the mat) in real life! How awesome is that?! And they make friends too!

Kids will Need Goals and Learn the Value of Work

Kids have aspirations. Yes. Adults do not know this but kids have aspirations. An infant aspires to comfort, a toddler aspires to communicate. Young ones that are in sports aspire to be good, if not the best!

Whatever the goals, goals are goals. It is something they will need to determine for themselves, it is something they will need to work for. As parents, you cannot work it for them. You can’t jump in the middle of a match and submit the other kid (unless you fancy a black belt jumping in front of you and doing a super-triple-quadruple Oma-Plata-Kimura LOL). They will need to work for it. You will need to remind them from time to time. This teaches them that nothing good in life is worth zero work. Breathing requires work. What more success?

You can choose not to expose kids to BJJ. It’s your choice. You can choose to keep them inside a 10 inch LED Displayed virtual world. If they matter to you, sign them up for a free lesson here. You will be glad you did.